History Teachers, Postsecondary in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,694
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$12,186
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,736
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$70,880
Kept after tax
$58,694
Worth in national money
$56,736
State rank
37
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $70,880. That is 37 of 45 states, and about 15.44% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 144.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $70,880 the take-home is $58,694; in national-average money that behaves like $56,736. The average comes to $79,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For history teachers, postsecondary, Florida sits in the lower band at $70,880, ranking 37 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 15.44%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, history teachers, postsecondary sits at 144 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for history teachers, postsecondary in Florida, on $70,880, is $58,694; deflated by the state's price level, $56,736. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $79,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,430 |
| This salary | $70,880 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Florida | $58,694 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,694 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,665 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $70,880 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,977 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $70,880. The published range is $50,990 up to $122,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,694 take-home in Florida comes from $70,880. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 144 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,736, the adjusted value of that $70,880 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 144 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for history teachers, postsecondary in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,990 to $122,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,694, from $70,880, assumes a single Florida filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 144 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $56,736 — the adjusted value of that $70,880 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 144 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $79,380, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,990 at the bottom tenth to $122,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $56,736 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $58,694 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Florida is $79,380. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,990) and the ninetieth ($122,430) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $56,736 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $58,694 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.